[PD-dev] pd-osc
d.lj
jdl at xdv.org
Sat Aug 21 00:51:32 CEST 2004
hu
fyi, for OSCx i fixed that install bug and added the prefix option in
the makefile.
also i changed the stale cnmat licences to the more recent ones so it
might be included again in larger packages ..
bst, opt
[adam overton]->[[PD-dev] pd-osc on OSX]->[04-08-16 09:17]
|hello there
|
|sorry to jump aboard the pd-dev list as a newbie, but i just wanted to
|relate some problems i had downloading and compiling pd-osc for OSX,
|and how i ended up troubleshooting them -- with the hope of either
|getting feedback on what i *really* should have done, or so that the
|maintainer of pd-osc may update the docs so that it'll be easier for
|folks like me to get it going later on. here's what happened:
|
|...
|i noticed the new disclaimer on the pure-data site regarding the new
|status of pd-osc, that now it's not actively distrbuted by the pd
|site...
|i've seen two versions of the pd-osc external, the newest version at
|http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pure-data/externals/OSCx/ (which
|is where i'm directed to go from the pd site), and an older version at
|the pd sourceforge site.
|
|query # 1:
|when i got to the site with the newer version, i couldn't figure out
|for the life of me how to download the entire contents of the OSCx
|directory all at once. i had to download each file one at a time. for
|future reference, is there a way to do this quickly and with one
|command that i don't know about?
|
|as for the older version on sourceforge, i was able to easily download
|the whole thing happily in one shot, but jeez, i really wanted the
|newest one, not the 2002 version...
|
|...
|here are some things that i had to mangle with as an OSX user trying to
|compile this stuff - these are the points where i'd either like some
|advice on what i should've done instead, or if i did what i was
|supposed to, then maybe the docs could be updated or modified for
|future users... i couldn't find the email addy of the maintainer of
|pd-osc in any of the docs, so that's why i'm sending this message here
|to the dev list... i imagine he's a lurker...
|
|...
|first off, i had to change the permissions of the configure file so
|that it could be executed, otherwise 'permission denied'.
|chmod u+x configure
|i imagine this executable bit was just lost in the download process...
|
|...
|next, i had to make sure to change my pd folder from 'pd-0.37-2' to
|just plain 'pd' or else the scripts in the configure file wouldn't know
|where to look for or put pd-related stuff...
|
|...
|at the website
|(http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pure-data/externals/OSCx/ ), i
|didn't download the file 'install.sh' because it was blank, or
|'configure.h.in' because my browser kept telling me the file didn't
|exist (it also showed up blank when i viewed it). dummy files. after
|some mangling with ./configure, i finally downloaded the blank
|'install.sh' and created a blank doc called 'configure.h.in' and
|./configure was finally happy...
|
|..
|then, i was able to make it through './configure' and 'make' alright,
|but then when i got to 'make install' (as the superuser of course), i
|came across this error:
|install -m644 *.pd_linux /usr/lib/pd/extra
|install: *.pd_linux: No such file or directory
|make[1]: *** [install] Error 71
|make: *** [install] Error 2
|
|after some additional mangling, i went into OSCx/src/makefile and
|changed the line
|
|install -m644 *.pd_linux $(prefix)/lib/pd/extra #i assume an artifact
|from the linux-users compilation
|to
|install -m644 *.pd_darwin $(prefix)/lib/pd/extra
|
|and everything i think compiled alright...
|
|...
|okay, so then after everything had finally compiled fine, after some
|investigation i discover that all of the wonderful new docs and
|externals have been thrown into an invisible folder (at least invisible
|to OSX's finder) that i really don't want to ever use (maybe someone
|can convince a good reason why i should): /usr/lib/pd/extra and
|/usr/lib/pd/doc
|to overrule this, i then type a final command:
|
|cp -R /usr/lib/pd/extra /Applications/Apps.Audio/pd/
|cp -R /usr/lib/pd/doc /Applications/Apps.Audio/pd/
|
|which adds the needed externals and docs into their pleasant places...
|
|...
|
|alrighty. so, basically, if someone has the time, please enlighten me
|to whether there could've been a way quicker and easier way for me to
|do all of this... and if not (and even if so, perhaps), it'd be super
|if the readme docs for pd-osc (and possibly even some of the
|installation docs) could be amended and updated to reflect these
|possible mods.
|
|awesome. thanks so much for your help.
|adam
|
|
|
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